Unveiling the September 2012 IFBCON Roster By: Amanda Boyce

We know you are eagerly awaiting updates for the upcoming IFB Conference.

We decided to end the torture and give you all the details on this conference which promises to be the biggest, boldest conference in town. Our speakers are some of the savviest, strongest bloggers in the community, with so much talent and inspiration to share.

If the last six seasons are any indication of the conference’s success, it’s a safe to assume that tickets to this conference will be sold out. From Joe Zee, Aliza Licht, Leandra Medine, BryanBoy, Erica Domesek, Jenni Radosevich, Emily Schuman, Tom & Lorenzo, Nicolette Mason, the IFB Conference has continually brought the finest speakers and online personalities to the community, showing off digital media’s strong, vibrant voices.

Speaker Roster:

Founder and CEO of IMAN Cosmetics, Skincare and Fragrances, a beauty company that created the first cosmetics and skincare collection designed for all women with skin of color, Iman has revolutionized the way women with skin of color think about beauty.

Peter Davis was born and raised in Manhattan. After graduating from Bennington College, he started a monthly column for Paper magazine where he had been a high school intern. He then published articles on style, celebrities and art in The New York Times, Vogue, The Wall Street Journal, Vanity Fair, The Daily Beast, Details and many other publications. He Was Editor at Large at Paper, then the Features Director of Fashion Week Daily (now known as Front Row Daily) before becoming the Editor in Chief of Avenue. Last March, with Observer Media (The New York Observer), Davis launched his own magazine, SCENE – a local Vanity Fair, for lack of a better description.

Derek Blasberg is a fashion writer, fashion editor, guest blogger, and New York Times best-selling author. After graduating with honors from NYU in Dramatic Literature and Journalism, Blasberg began his first job as an assistant at Vogue Magazine, and is currently Editor-at-Large of Harper’s Bazaar, where he profiles the likes of Lady Gaga, Tom Ford, and Daphne Guinness. He is also the editor of VMAN and a senior editor at V, the men’s and women’s publications from the arts collective Visionaire.

As a young girl growing up in Vancouver, Coco Rocha never expected to become one of modeling’s biggest and most ubiquitous stars. After being spotted by a modeling scout at an Irish dancing competition, Rocha was introduced to world-renowned photographer Steven Meisel. Shortly after, Coco appeared on the March 2006 cover of Vogue Italia. This was the beginning of Rocha’s meteoric rise into fashion.

In addition, HelloStyle, YouTube’s biggest fashion sensation, will be at the conference and will be airing special videos with our featured panelists in the weeks leading up to the conference. Talk about exciting, right?!

From video-blogging how-tos to the upcoming fall trends, HelloStyle is the video destination for the fashion blogging community.

With an emphasis on blogger engagement and development, the IFB Conference continues to be the ultimate event where bloggers can come together under one roof and learn how to better their editorial, understand growing trends, develop savvy business skills and interact with their peers and brands in a truly organic, meaningful way. We want to offer you the materials and tools that will help you invest in your blog and future. You won’t find celebrities here because guess what? At this conference, the blogger is the main attraction.

To stay connected to all things IFBCON including behind-the-scenes images, speaker updates, after-party announcements and more:

To get you all excited about this conference and give you all the blogging scoop on how to be bigger, better and bolder in the 31 days leading up to our big day. Monetization, networking, pitching, advertising, content development. We’re going bananas here, guys and we know you will love it. Also, stay tuned for upcoming interviews and exclusive video chats with our conference gang.

I’m dying to blog full time so my question for the panelists is – How did you make your blog a Must Read and get the recognition & collaborations that allowed you to make blogging & blog-related activities your full-time job? What are your suggestions & recommendations for newbies to the blogging game?